Railway car



Oct. 9, 1928.

A. CAMPBELL RAILWAY CAR Filed June 27, 1927 s Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. AWLE CAMPBELL MN mN b ATTORNE S.

Oct. .9, 1928.

1,686,798 A. CAMPBELL RAILWAY CAR Filed June 27, 192'! s Sheets-Sheet 3 IINVENTOR. AKGYLE CAMPBELL.

BY QQIQa f TTORNEYS.

Patented Oct. 9,1928.

UNITED STATES OFFICE;

EQUIPMENT COMPANY, or CHICAGO,

ILLI'ivoIs; A CORPORATION orILLInoI's.

RAILWAY CAR.

Application filed June 27, 1927. Serial No. 201,877;

' My invention relates to improvements in railway cars, especially to that type of car commonly known as a plow car, such a car bei-ng more particularly identified as acar having a horizontal floor, vertically suspended pivoted side doors and side stakes intermediate the side doors, said stakes being usually provided with rub plates to guide the unloading plow during its passage through the car.

In cars of the identified type it has been cus= tomary to space the side rub plates on opposite sides of the car approximately 8-8 apart and a large number of cars are now in service with this spacing and therefore the unloading plows have been largely standardized for use with this spacing. The primary service for which such cars are built has been for side filling'of railway tracks, trestles and the like rather than as revenue producing cars. i

A purpose of to increase to an extent'which will justify their use in revenue freight service, obtain greater strength and efficiency in the carparts, especially those parts which are afiected by the passage of a'plow through the car body and still retain the standardized width of 8'.8" between plow guides.

Broadly stated, my invention resides in the arrangement of and relationship between the plow guides, car stakes, car doors and car floor whereby these members are arranged to provide a car of standard width throughout the length of the car in the plane of the plow guides, the car stakes and carv doors being deflected outwardly above the plow guides to obtain increased carrying capacity within'the car body. I

Other objects and advantages of my invention will more fully appear from; the drawings, description andclaims appended hereto.

In the drawings, specification, Fig, 1 is a side elevational view of a portion of a car embodying my improved construction. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the corner stake construction. Fig; 8 is a transi' 'er's'e sectional viewtakenthrough the car, said section' being stantially on the longitudinal center of the car.

my improved construction is the cubic capaclty of such cars forming a part of this taken about midway of the length of the car. And Fig. 4 isa vertical longitudinal sectional View taken sub-.

of-section adjacent drawings, improved mareprevidi g'ier magma wit stand the side tion is shownas applied to a car ofthe con vertible type adapted to form either a level floor gondola or a centerdischarge V-shaped hopper car, concentrated in length to dis:- charge' between the trucks. In said drawing 11 indicates the centersills o f the car; 2=-2 the longitudinal intermediate sills; 3+3 the longitudinal side sills, said intermediate sills 2 and side sills 3 being suitably spaced apart tied together by channels 5, the latter-being braced to the intermediatesills by gussets as indicated at 6-6. Part of the usual bolster construction identified with this type of car is shown at 7 and the end sill is indicated at 8.

A longitudinal hopper is disposed between the intermediatesills 2- 2, said hopper including fixed, longitudinally extending sloping sections as indicated at 9 and 10 and a longitudinally extending pivoted dumping door at 11.- On each side of the V-sha'ped-hop per section, the level floor of the car is composed of longitudinal fixed sections, preferably formed of lumber as indicatedat12-12 and, at each end of the car above the trucks, the floor iscor'n'posed of fixedflo'or sections 13. The body or upper; portion of the car, broadly, includes a supporting framework A, swinging side [doors gates C. V Y v I The supporting framework A is composed of corner stakes 14, intermediate stakes 15 B, and movable end by fillers 4. The intermediate sills 2 2 are and top rail member 17 Each corner stake '14 is purposely inade, wide and preferably consists of two verticalpressings of shapes united by a sheet as will be evident from Figures 2 and 4. The stakes 14 and 15' are securedto the side'sills. and each extends vertically above the floor for an appreciable distance as indicated wardly and upwardly as indicated at 119, thence upwardly as indicatedat 20, thence inwardly and upwardly as indicated at 2 1,thu's presenting a recessed or oflset portion intersection 18 and the top rail member 17; The vertical sections-18 of the stakeadjacent the floor are. fitted with mediate the vertical ortions of the stakes constitute plow guides.

t will benoted that th'e stakes are thus deep the plow aides, thereb at 18 and thence flare ou'twearplates 1 18 and 218 against wh h 1111- v strains incidental to the plow. Each top rail member 17 preferably consists of a Z-bar applied as shown and extends from end to end of the car. A wooden filler member 23 is disposed in the angle of the Z-bar and ischamfered as indicated at 24 forload shedding purposes and cut away at the end thecar as indicated at 124 for the purpose of safety appliances. e

The side doors are each formed of a series of wooden planks 25 suitably tied to gether by a framework including vertical hinge'members 26 and horizontally extending marginal member 27. The hinge members are fitted at their upper ends with hinge straps 28 .by which the doors are suspended from hinge butts 29, the latter being rigidly "secured to the top rail member 17, in the corner pocket provided by the 17; At their lower end two hinges per door are titted with extensions 30 with which an operating shaft 31 is adapted to co-operate for the purpose of maintaining the doors in closed position said operating shaft 31 being movable in slots 82 formed in. the stakes 15 and in the inner vertical members of the end stakes 14. The doors are preferably operated in groups each consistingof a plurality of doors "from a corner of the car where the shafts are titted with handles 33. The side door hinges 26 are bent inwardly at their upper ends as indicated at 34 and adjacent the plow guides as indicated at 35 and 36 for the iur ose oi? conforinin to i l P a:

the shape of the doors. The bond at 34 is for the purpose of disposing the pivotal center of the door inwardly o't themain body thereoi, thereby permitting the door to swing to closed position byits own weight. The bends '35 and 36 are for the purpose of disposing sloping sections in the doors wh'erebythelading intermediate the widened portion of the sidewalls will be directed to the narrowest )ortion of the car. it bein observed that the 1 L) inclined planks of the door are so arrangedas to shed the loado-ver the top edges of the guide plates 118 and 218.

The section offloor above the center hopper is formed of two convertible sections-373'.7

adapted to form in one position the level floor 'ot a car as indicated in full lines in Fig. 3 and movable outwardly and upwardly to form the sloping walls of a center discharge hopper, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3. Inthe latter position the convertible sections 37 rest against the side stakes and, grooves are providedin the planks as indicated at 38 within which th'e ends of the convertible. fioor sections rest,the side doors at this point being provided with a somewhat heavier plank39 which fills the space intermediate the sid doors and convertible floor section.

The side stakes of the car are shaped to conform to-the shape of the doors and at each side of the door (see Fig. 1) there are abutting flanges 40 extending outwardly "from the adjacent. stake to overlap the edges of the adj acent door for a limited distance, thereby securing tight joints. When the convertible sections 8737 are disposed as a portion of the floor, the car then presents a car having a substantially level floor from end to end and from plow guide to plow guide.

distance between the top rail members 17, thereby providing for convenient handling and the space intermediate the end gate and the bulged out portion of the sidewall is then sealed by furring stripsas indicated at 44 and 45. The sealing strips 44 are secured to the end stakes for oo-operation withthe end gate whenpositioned to term the end of a level floor gondola car and the sealing strips 45 are disposed on the side doors to co-operate with the end gate when positioned to form the end of a concentrated hopper discharge car as indicated in F 1g. 4.-

I claim: 1. In railwacar the combination with a I o l spaced plow'guides on either side ot the car; of a level floor extendin between the low I 1 i3 1 I guides; a side wall spaced outwardly beyond the plow guides; and means adapted to bridge the distance at an incline between theside walls ot'the car and the level floor. I

2. In a railway car, the combination with a supporting framework including plow guides; of swinging side doors forming walls otl'set outwardly from said plow guides; and

means associated with the doors adapted to direct the ladingaway from the spaced side walls towards the plow guides. v

3. In a railway car, the combination with a level floor; oij vertical plow guides extend ing above said level floor; side walls offset outwardly beyond said plow guides; and neans extending between the plow guides and the said walls of the car for the purpose oi":

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bridging at an incline. the space between the plowv guides and the side walls of the car. 4. In arailway car, the combination with side stakes having plow guides; ota top rail member in substantially the same plane as the plow guides; and swinging side doorspivotcd intermediate said side stakes, sa-id doors and stakes having a bulged out portion interme diate the top rail member and plow guides for the purpose of providing a car of increased effective width. 7

5.111 a railway car, the combination with permanent side stakes; of side door sections pivoted intermediate'said stakes, said stakes 7 and doors having the lower portion thereof diverted inwardly and downwardly to present a car of restricted width for an appreciable distance above the floor line of the car.

6. In a railway car, the combination with plow guides on either side of the car; of a substantially level floor extending between said plow guides; side walls having portions extending in substantially the same plane as the plow guides throughout the length of the car, said side walls above the plow guides being offset outwardly from said plow, guides to thereby provide a widened portion and inclined means associated with said side walls adapted to divert lading from said widened portion of the car to the. narrower portion of same.

7. In a railway car adapted to have a plow passed therethrough, the combination with side stakes having plow guides located adjacent the floor line; of a top rail member substantially in vertical alignment with said plow guides; and a stake section connecting said plow guides and top rail member, said stake having an offset portion whereby the car is increased in width intermediate the top rail and plow guide.

8. In a railway car, the combination with stakes having the lower portion thereof extending vertically above the floor line for an appreciable distance for the purpose of presenting guides for an unloading plow, said stakes being flared outwardly and upwardly above said plow guides to present a car of increased width throughout the length there;

of; of swinging side door sect-ions pivoted intermediate the stakes, said doors conforming to the shape of the stakes.

9. In a convertible railway car adapted to have portions of the floor of the car forming in one position a level floor car and in another position the sloping walls of a center discharge hopper car, the combination with side walls including permanent stakes,

of swinging side door sections intermediate said permanent stakes, said stakes and doors having the lower portions thereof deflected inwardly and downwardly beneath the con vertible floor section when the latter is in position'to form a center discharge hopper car. V

10. In a convertible railway car, the combination with swinging side doors having walls with portions in different planes thereby presenting a car of varying width from top to bottom; of an end gate adapted to be positioned in the plane of said doors, said end to form the end walls gate being of a width to correspond substantially with the narrowest distance between the side walls of the car; and means on the side doors adapted to seal the space intermediate the widest portion of the car and end gate.

11. In a convertible railway car, the com bination with a supporting frame work including side stakes; of swinglng doors piv oted intermediate the side stakes; a-convertible floor adapted to form in one position a level floor car and in another position the sloping walls of 'acenter discharge hopper car, said floor sections when positioned as the sloping walls of a centerdischarge hopper having their outer ends resting on the inner face of the side stakes; and means on the side doors adapted to bridge the distance intermediate the convertible floor sections and side doors.

12. In a convertible railway car, the combination with a supporting framework including side stakes having bulged out portions intermediate the top of the car and the floor; of swinging side doors pivoted intermediate the side stakes, said doors being shaped to conform to the shape of the stakes, movable end walls adapted in one position of a center hopper discharge car and in another position to form the end walls of alevel floor gondola car, saidends being of a width to correspond substantially to the distance between the top rails of a car; and means carried by the side walls of the car to seal the space between the end walls and the bulged out portions of the side walls.

Y 13. An interchangeable plow and revenue load-carrying car having a body portion provided with a floor and side Walls, the top and bottom portions of one side wall being spaced from the top and bottom portions of the other side wall a distance corresponding to the width of a standard plow, each side wall including stakes and top-hung pivoted side doors, the stakes and the major portion of their vertical heightabove the floor line, appreciably outwardly offset from the plane defined by the inner surface of said upper and lower portions of the side wall'whereby to provide increased load-carrying capacity.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 11th day of June, 1927. I V

'ARGYLE CAMPBELL.

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